THE EXCITING VACATION DESTINATION

DI ISTANBUL, TURKI

Istanbul is the largest city, as well as the cultural and economic center of Turkey. The city which is the capital of Istanbul is located at 41 ° N 28 ° E on the Bosphorus Strait and encompasses the natural harbor known as the Golden Horn in the southwest of the country.
Istanbul which spans both sides of the Bosphorus Strait in both the European continent thus danAsia Anatolia is a unique metropolis in the world. So historic Istanbul was the capital of the Empire to the three different settings:

•     Roman Empire
•     Eastern Roman Empire
•     Empire Uthmania

Among the attractive destination in Istanbul are as follows:

GALATA TOWER
 

     At first tower control tower erected for the defense of the city, but in 1717 the Ottoman begin using the tower to see the source of fire in the city.

Galata Tower (Galata Kulesi in Turkish) is a medieval stone tower in the Galata district of Istanbul, Turkey. The tower is located north section of the Golden Horn. Galata Tower is also a city landmark One of the most striking, tall conical closed cylinder that dominates the skyline and affords a panoramic vista of Old Istanbul and its environs. High tower is 66 meters with a diameter of 16 meters.


HAGIA SOPHIA 



 Hagia Sophia is a museum in Istanbul. The building is often regarded as the greatest and most beautiful buildings in the world. Hagia Sofia was built as an Orthodox Christian Cathedral but turned into a great mosque by the Ottoman Turkish government in 1453. Government of the Republic of Turkey have made it as a museum in 1935.

From church to mosque to museum

Hagia Sophia was originally built as a church between 532 and 537 AD on the orders of the Byzantine Emperor It was designed by two architects, Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles. Hagia Sophia cathedral in Constantinople been for nearly 1000 years.

In 1453, Constantinople was conquered by the Ottoman Turks and Sultan Muhammad al-Fatih ordered the building converted into a mosque.

TOPKAPI,PALACE 

Topkapi is the largest and oldest palace in the world to survive to this day. In 1924, it was turned into a museum. Located on the Acropolis, where the first settlement in Istanbul, it is a sign for a place in the Golden Horn, the Bosphorus and the Marmara Sea. The palace is a complex surrounded by 5 km of walls and occupies an area of 700,000 square meters.

Following the conquest of the city in 1453, the young Sultan Mehmet moved the capital of the empire to Istanbul, His first palace is located in the heart of the city. The second palace, which he built in the 1470's, initially called the New Palace, but at this time it was known as the Topkapi Palace. Topkapi is a classical example of Turkish palace architecture. It consists of a tree shaded courtyard, which has a different purpose and a door for every endearing. Each page is surrounded by buildings that function. From the time of its construction, the palace developed constantly with changes and additions made ​​by the sultan.